Dibon: Eusebius says the city was situated in the plain of Arnon.
Bamothbaal: or, the high places of Baal, and the house of Baal-meon, Numbers 21:19, Numbers 22:41, Numbers 32:38
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Joshua 13:17
Joshua 13:17
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